# Would an Atheist lay down his/her life for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 4, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-atheist-lay-down-his-her-life-for-you/8100 "2000-03-04T20:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayburner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jayburner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayburner)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-atheist-lay-down-his-her-life-for-you/8100/1 "2000-03-04T20:48:00Z")
I’m just curious if they would considering they do not believe in an afterlife…so every minute must be precious to them…for example…would an atheist take a bullet for you…push you outta the way of a speeding car… * * * _I’m as confused as a baby in a topless bar_ ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-atheist-lay-down-his-her-life-for-you/8100/2 "2000-03-04T20:53:00Z")
How many people have you saved so far? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-atheist-lay-down-his-her-life-for-you/8100/3 "2000-03-04T20:55:00Z")
He might or might not, depending on the circumstances. He would _certainly_ move a thread to Great Debates for you. * * * [Change Your Password, Please](http://204.95.48.199/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getannounce&ForumNumber=3&Start=2451545.99&End=2451911&Session=2451598.1854) and don’t use HTML, as it has been disabled